Improvement in bottle-stoppers



M. J. HINDEN. BOTTLE-STOPPER.

Patented. May 36, 1876 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. 7

MATHIAS J. HINDEN, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF ANDMATTHIAS KERSHT, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN BOTTLE-STOPPERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 178,006, dated May 30,1876; application filed 4 January 7, 1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MATHI AS JOSEPH Hm- DEN, of Detroit, in the countyof Wayne, and State of Michigan, have invented an Improvement inBottle-Stoppers, of which the following is a specification The nature ofmy invention relates to an improvement in bottle-stoppers of that classwherein an elastic stopper is hung by a bail to the wire band around theneck of the bottle, and is compressed upon the mouth of the bottle byswinging up the bail; and it consists in the peculiar construction andcombination of the 1netallic. stopper-cap and an eccentrically-slottedsegment with the swinging bail, as more fully hereinafter set forth.

Figure 1-is a perspective view of the mouth of a bottle closed by mystopper. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the same opened. Fig. 3 is avertical section at was. v

In the drawing, A represents the neck of a bottle, molded with the usualball at below the mouth. B is a Wire collar below the bail, with an eye,b, turned in it at each side, in which is inserted a hook at each end ofa bail, G,

which passes through an eccentric or curved slot, d, ina vertical ribmolded on top of a metal cap or plug, D, on whose shank is fitted theconicalrubber stopper D, adapted to enter the mouth of the bottle whenthe bail is at the lower and outer end ofthe slot. The stopper is forcedinto the bottle) by moving the bail up the said slot, and is released bya reverse'movement. A Y

To keep the stopper in its proper position to enter the bottle, acollar, 0, is soldered or otherwise formed on the bail at each side ofeach side, all constructed and arranged substantially as described andshown.

MATHIAS JOSEPH HINDEN. Witnesses:

H. 1:. EBERTS, H. S. SPRAGUE.

